: Both Ellie and Ruby are curious. Both of them are away from their real home. In all honesty, if those are the only traits they have in common, then it's unlikely that anyone is going to

Both Ellie and Ruby are curious. Both of them are away from their real home.

In all honesty, if those are the only traits they have in common, then it's unlikely that anyone is going to notice any similarity at all. Certainly, this isn't anywhere near enough for you to get in any sort of trouble if you were to publish your book.
If your protagonist was also called Ruby, and your story's plot was noticeably similar to that of "The One and Only Ivan", then that would be a different matter, but from your description, these books have so little in common that there's no possible way you could be accused of plagiarising it.

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